The patient from the southwest region of the state had been exposed to sick and dead birds, according to the CDC ... the Bird Flu is similar to COVID-19, the severe case here in Louisiana shows ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted ... officials said earlier this month. The CDC stressed there has been no known transmission ...

CDC and other health officials, citing genomic data, shared that the Louisiana patient was infected with a version of bird flu found to be spreading in wild birds and poultry in the United States ...

Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...

Foxes, raccoons, striped skunks and domestic cats have tested positive for the bird flu across six Texas counties, state ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Any evidence of a bird virus jumping readily into mammals is a worry, as it could indicate that mutations that allow for ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized ... hoping [the] virus would burn out and it didn’t.” The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024. Most of the cases were caused ...